William J. Brennan, Jr. Quotes

The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 25, 1906 - July 24, 1997

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I like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them.

Maya Angelou

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And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.

John Pomfret

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I once went to a fraternity house when I was in high school... you know, you would rent them during the summer for really cheap, and students are in there. So I met some people who rented a room. I just remember it being very dirty.

Spencer Grammer

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Big emotions that are unexplained are really scary. At least to me.

Spike Jonze

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I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.

Mike McCready

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Healthcare is the cornerstone of the socialist state. It is the crown jewel of the welfare state.

Monica Crowley

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It's just a given that women are working and are ambitious and have things they want to accomplish, and that stymies the amount of time they have to look around for a perfect guy.

Jordana Spiro

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We are moving closer to a future where quantified lives will become the norm.

Denise Morrison

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I am for anything that makes teens visible in an honest way... in other words, anything that represents them the way they are, positively or negatively.

Chris Crutcher

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To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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'Power' usually starts principal photography around mid September, and the first table read is always like one big family reunion. The most common comment we hear is how 'well rested' everyone looks... something that can't be said by the end of the season.

Lela Loren

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For someone like me who gets bored very easily, this life is perfect. I can't be at one place for too long. Travelling broadens your thinking as a person and as an actor.

Kriti Kharbanda

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